Biosteres: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Biosteres
Species
Scientific Name
Biosteres

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Biosteres

Biosteres is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Braconidae.

The genus was first described by Förster in 1862.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

  • Biosteres arenarius (Stelfox, 1959) - also known as Opius arenarius in Ireland, found in France, Germany, Turkey, and Iran
  • Biosteres blandus (Haliday, 1837) - also known as Opius blandus, hosts include Pegomya and Agromyza
  • Biosteres brevipalpis (Thomson, 1895)
  • Biosteres carbonarius Nees, 1834
  • Biosteres haemorrhoeus (Haliday, 1837) - hosts are of the genus Pegomya, including P. bicolor
  • Biosteres longicauda (Thomson, 1895)
  • Biosteres spinaciae (Thomson, 1895)
  • Biosteres tryoni (Cameron, 1911) - parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata
  • Biosteres wesmaelii Haliday, 1837
  • Biosteres vandenboschi
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